Design Technologist, Device Design Group

The Amazon Device and Services Design Group (DDG) is a multidisciplinary design team that is responsible for the CX and UX across the Echo family of devices, Fire TV, Fire Tablets, Alexa Mobile and more. DDG’s mission is to conceptualize and bring to life delightful, easy-to-use, and high value experiences for our customers.

Design Technologists on our team partner closely with design and engineering partners to guide product and feature development, bring clarity to engineering goals, and develop a user-centric point of view. This is where you come in.

You will help build towards prototypes that bring UX ideas to life. These artifacts will be used to help gather evidence, aid decision making, and help make incremental progress towards new features and products. Equipped with a maker's mindset, you will creatively overcome platform limitations, tinker with ideas, and think outside the box. You will deliver quickly, iteratively, and with a keen eye for detail.

Are you a passionate tinkerer who loves consumer electronics? A digital craftsperson excited to transform concepts into working code? Ready to make an impact on millions of customers? If so, we want to hear from you.


Key job responsibilities
- Build high-quality, functional prototypes using frameworks such as React, Next, Android, and occasionally with low / no code tools like Figma, Protopie
- Collaborate with designers, engineers, product managers, internal business partners and other subject matter experts.
- Help design and deliver solutions, prototypes, and experiments to test when needed.
- Thrive in a fast-paced, iterative environment with minimal documentation and technical support

A day in the life
No two days are the same when working on the next generation of device user experiences. Your day may consist of a combination of meeting with the project team, working with a mentor, and producing a prototype to help aid decision making. You might be pushing pixels to make sure the layout is correct, adding animation transitions to help guide beta testers’ eyes, or working with engineering partners to unblock projects.

About the team
Our team of design technologists work across multiple product lines, including Echo Show, Fire Tablet, Fire TV, and future Amazon devices. By staying at the forefront of emerging technologies, we are constantly exploring new ways to push the boundaries of what's possible. Whether it's integrating the latest machine learning capabilities or innovating on novel interaction models, our team thrives on the challenge of turning ambitious concepts into functional prototypes. We work closely with engineering to enable the best customer experiences, iterating on our designs based on user feedback and testing.- 1+ years of front-end technologist, engineer, or UX prototyper experience
- 2+ years of web development for digital marketing, advertising, product management or equivalent experience
- Knowledge of technologies such as JavaScript/NodeJS, HTML/CSS, Responsive/Adaptive Design
- Have coding samples in front end programming languages
- Have an available online portfolio- Experience building prototypes to advance design thinking and the final product experience
- Experience collaborating with UX, product, and non-technical partners
- Knowledge of basic UX tools (Sketch, Framer, Figma, Adobe XD)
- Experience with web, mobile web, or mobile app front-end development
- Strong interest and proficiency in visual and motion design
- Demonstrated ability to quickly learn and apply new technologies

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $72,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $186,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.